USPTO Patents Application 09881211

IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

Applicant: Gavin Brebner, ) RE: Preliminary Amendment

et al. )

) Group: Not yet assigned
Serial No. : Not yet assigned )

) Examiner: Not yet assigned
Filed: Concurrently herewith )

) Our Ref : B-4213 618881-4
For: M DEVICE AND METHOD FOR )

OUTPUTTING LOCATION INFORMATION" ) Date : June 14, 2001

Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Box New Patent Application
Washington, D.C., 20231

Sir:

Prior to examination of the above- identified application, it is
respectfully requested that the following amendments be made to
the Claims :

IN THE CLAIMS

Please replace original Claims 4, 6, 8, 14 and 17 with amended
Claims 4, 6, 8, 14 and 17, which are set forth below. (Appendix
A, which is enclosed herewith, shows how original Claims 4, 6, 8,
14 and 17 were amended to produce amended Claims 4, 6, 8, 14 and
17. )

4. (Amended) A device according to claim 2, wherein the input
manager is operative to cause the form of the received location
data to be converted from a first form to a second form prior to
storage in said memory, one of the first and second forms being a
semantic location form and the other a form based on geographic
coordinates .

6. (Amended) A device according to claim 1, wherein the location
server is operative to cause the form of the stored location
information to be converted from a first form to a second form for
output in response to a said client request, one of the first and
second forms being a semantic location form and the other a form

Preliminary Amendment
June 14, 2001
Page 2

based on geographic coordinates.

8. (Amended) A device according to claim 1, wherein the received
location data includes a reliability indicator which the input
manager uses to determine whether or not to overwrite existing
location data, if any, held in said memory.

14. (Amended) A device according to claim 12, wherein the input
subsystem effects said conversion by using a remote conversion
service.

17. (Amended) A device according to claim 15, wherein the output
subsystem effects said conversion by using a remote conversion
service .

This Preliminary Amendment amends Claims 4, 6, 8, 14 and 17 so
that these claims are no longer multiply dependent. The
Applicants may elect to amend Claims 4, 6, 8, 14 and 17 to make
them again multiply dependent or to add additional claims to this
application to provide coverage similar to, broader than, or
narrower than the present claims at any time during the pendency
of the above- identified U.S. application.

REMARKS

Respectfully submitted,

Richard P. Berg
Reg. No. 28,145
Attorney for Applicant
LADAS Sc PARRY

5670 Wilshire Boulevard #2100
Los Angeles, California 90036
(323) 934-2300

Enclosure: Appendix A

Appendix A

(VERSION WITH MARKINGS TO SHOW CHANGES MADE)

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4. (Amended) A device according to claim 2 [or claim 3], wherein
the input manager is operative to cause the form of the received
location data to be converted from a first form to a second form
prior to storage in said memory, one of the first and second forms
being a semantic location form and the other a form based on
geographic coordinates.

6. (Amended) A device according to [any one of claims 1 to
31 claim 1 , wherein the location server is operative to cause the
form of the stored location information to be converted from a
first form to a second form for output in response to a said
client request, one of the first and second forms being a semantic
location form and the other a form based on geographic
coordinates .

8. (Amended) A device according to claim 1 [or claim 2], wherein
the received location data includes a reliability indicator which
the input manager uses to determine whether or not to overwrite
existing location data, if any, held in said memory.

14. (Amended) A device according to claim 12 [or claim 13],
wherein the input subsystem effects said conversion by using a
remote conversion service.

17. (Amended) A device according to claim 15 [or claim 16],
wherein the output subsystem effects said conversion by using a
remote conversion service.